Many comments about overtime being banned as though it is a bad thing. My understanding was that "Overtime" was meant to be used sparingly for short term circu

Many comments about overtime being banned as though it is a bad thing. My understanding was that "Overtime" was meant to be used sparingly for short term circumstances - not for months on end - to avoid burnout. From a labour cost point of view, most places pay penalty rates for overtime. Often 20% to 50%. Or maybe that is my naive view here in Australia. So wouldn't it be cheaper to just hire more employees/daytime contractors? Plenty of people looking for work I hear.